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Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #88

Hello. Every week or so I use this column as a space to discuss and review comics, fine art, illustration, and general nerd interest in the e-pages of VICE magazine. This is the second week in a row that my column has been about art shows. Next week we'll go back to reviews about books and crap, I promise. Full story

Saudi Arabia Isn't Having a Feminist Revolution

When it comes to women's rights, Saudi Arabia takes baby steps to a whole new level of infancy. (In utero steps? Spermy steps?) They just released their first ever anti-domestic-violence ad, so I guess that's something, but women are still unable to defend themselves against thos… Full story

Rev. James Logsdon Doesn’t Know Art, but He Knows He Likes Racist Art

I found these paintings on the homepage of the Creativity Movement, a self-professed religion promoting “White Civil Rights, White Self-Determination and White Liberation via 100 percent legal activism.” Full story

The Creators Project

Jon Hopkins's 'Immunity' Soundtracks a Series of Stunning Microscopic Images

Small is beautiful. And nowhere is that phrase more relevant than in the work of artist Linden Gledhill. Trained as a biochemist, Gledhill is now a photographer who likes to take photos of the world in close-up. Like, real close-up. In a collaboration with art director Craig Ward… Full story

On the Road with Tony Clifton

A Filmmaker's Life and Work with the Drunken, Racist, and Probably Fictitious Lounge Singer

Tony Clifton is a piece of performance art who has outlived his creator, legendary comic Andy Kaufman, by two decades. He's having a comeback of sorts, thanks at least in part to Jeremy Johnson, a filmmaker who has been working for Clifton—and his alter ego Bob Zmuda—for five str… Full story

Art Talk

Matt Mignanelli

His paintings may seem simple at first glance, but spend more time with them and you'll start to admire the patterns created by light and energy. We hung out with Matt at his studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and talked about his work, life, and strong American work ethic while eatin… Full story

Be a Guest in the Cavern with Jesse Gelaznik this Saturday

Tomorrow, the Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center will begin its annual Arts Happening series with a killer new installation project and musical performance, by artist Jesse Gelaznik and Dirty Churches, respectively. Full story

Can Science Be Used to Critique Art?

There's a very deep philosophical rabbit hole that comes along with this line of thinking, so let's just summarize the question as, Is aesthetic taste beyond the scope of science? In other words, can it be said with objectivity that the aesthetic of Celine Dion is worse than the Full story

Why Draw Pictures?

Where the respectable avert their gaze, artists stare. In the Renaissance, we dissected bodies in order to grasp the workings of a shoulder joint. We drew naked models at a time when women corseted themselves neck to knees. We took rooms in brothels and captured courtrooms where Full story

Gary Indiana Has a New Show

'Gristle Springs' is Gary's first show in over a decade. The long gap is at least partly due to the fact that he is and has always been far more concerned with the integrity of his work than making a buck or a friend. Full story